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You don't "own" the hardware or the platform, you may create the code but you depend on the whims of others whether it is deployed and continues to work on such devices. Best bet i…

Happens in Software and Hardware too. Company develops product A with a crack team of developers, cutting edge stuff. Product is shipped, so the star developers go off to another p…

I do resource directories so have many bits of useful information, a big target for search engines. Most of my filtering is just to keep the bots from clicking on some forms and ex…

Consistency and accuracy - especially in financial matters is very important. Having things go bad because of a click or aberrant hallucination would ruin small business. And who i…

Simon's BASIC was buggy. Some worked great some didn't work well at all (like line renumber) IIRC there was an updated version out there.. Second, I think the power of the 64 was i…

LibreOffice Draw is quite capable. Though for some better formatting (linked text boxes) you might have to use Writer, which is still good abut a bit more klunky as you are fightin…

I ran a BBS for 17 years used a Commodore 64 1) I was more into messaging so I would log in and read and post in the forums. Sometimes if they have a good files area might download…

Currently we have a cycle of obsoleting hardware necessitating re-inventing software for the new platforms. So technically, yes.

I don't think it's complicated but I think it simplifies a complex problem I had. A thing for storing and comparing schedules a weekly schedule is turned into a run-length list (th…

If you have something specific in mind list out your specifics or if you can input images along with prompts, add a good example drawing or image to help it.

"MacOS ships with an outdated version of Python" - heh, heard that phrase many times over the years. it's amazing Apple still includes it.

I can see companies could get away with it from new coders who don't understand the repercussions of releasing )buggy code or know much of long-term maintenance. You know, this sou…

Fred Saberhagen Octagon - an AI backdoor created by the early inventors of computers is inadvertently "activated" by a youth.

These are all entertaining: Definitely the Wizardry series by Rick Cook https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/rick-cook/wizardry/ Programming meets magical realms James Hogan Inherit …

Dual 24" monitors (decent quality IPS), one uses an HDMI KVM to switch between different/retro systems, Recently upgraded from VGA to HDMI switchbox, the difference was worth the c…

It probably recognized they were available, on Windows 11 it hides recommended hardware drivers in: windows updates -> advanced features -> optional updates - drivers and other upd…

In the 90s connectivity was not that great, we were getting into the internet but mainly that was geeks and big businesses. Costs to have reliable connections were still high (fast…

Maybe two stop bits news https://twostopbits.com/news source: https://github.com/jgrahamc/twostopbits

One of the more wild ones not pictured was with the Mac Appearance Manager in MacOS 8 and 9: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2549-appearance-manager-... Just in time for the Me…

There is not really one solution - you need to answer some specific needs to help determine the best fit. What do you want as output? Do you want it web based? Do you want it to ru…

It was Gemini, I picked the point of least resistance. I've heard Claude does better but haven't looked at it.

I tried it - didn't like it. Had an LLM work on a backup script since I don't use Bash very often. Took a bunch of learning the quirks of bash to get the code working properly. Whi…

Here's a few: Brainstorm - shows the progression of developing technology (in this case a device that can record and playback a subjects' experiences.) Real Genius - College antics…

One that I see that looks promising is CZUR scanners, they are relatively low-cost and have a lot of ease-of-use features like OCR, page separation (scanning an open book and creat…

Chatbots aren't Jarvis from Iron Man - They are Cliff Claven from Cheers.